Chapter 36- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Relics… (1020-1023)
The complex and difficult relationship between Cnut and London carries on as we look at the reasons behind many of Cnut’s early political moves, the reasons why these are hard to fathom, and the most ...
3 Maj 202342min
Chapter 35- The Blood Raven (1017-1020)
England had been invaded and a foreign King sat upon it’s throne; as he ruthlessly consolidated power, eliminating any remaining threats to his new regime, London was to find itself on the receiving e...
26 Apr 202336min
Chapter 34- The Great Siege of London Town… (1016-1017)
A Danish Prince leads his armies across England… the King grows ill… his rebellious son tries to marshal resistance… the year 1016 sees London as a beacon of hope in a desperate campaign making it bri...
19 Apr 202334min
Chapter 33- In the shadow of the Archangel (1014-1016)
Two great and terrible calamities smash into England, leaving London possibly reeling. A giant wall of water pulverises England, followed by a second invasion by the Danes, and the rise of an unlikely...
12 Apr 202335min
Chapter 32- The fall and rise of King Æthelred (1013-1014)
The Danish King leads a huge force across England, aiming at London, which hunkered down to prepare for the last stand of King Æthelred… two of the most dramatic, violent and amazing years in London’s...
5 Apr 202345min
Chapter 31- The birth of a capital (Part 2- A shire unto itself…) (c1000’s)
We continue the deep dive into the changes taking place in London during this era; this time looking at how it grew, new buildings, how it started to run itself, the prolific action of churches and mo...
29 Mars 202341min
Chapter 30- The birth of a capital (Part 1- Show me the money…) (c.1000’s)
The first in a special two part episode where we really dive deep into the changes taking place in London; this part focuses on the economic and trade explosion that appears to be taking place in the ...
29 Mars 202332min
Chapter 29- London Bridge Stands (c.1013)
The Story of London takes a moment to examine one of the great urban myths of London- the idea that the nursery rhyme ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ was based on a real life attack by some Vikings in...
23 Mars 202336min
